Brigid Allan
Project Title: Sticky Fridge Poet
Practice: A Community Art Project looking for responses to space in the form of magnetic poetry.
The Experience: An ode to Sticky Forest. Over time spaces come and go, often without a record of experience. This anonymous fridge poetry project is an attempt to bring a quiet peripheral community together. The dwellers and passers-by of Sticky. A project aimed at responding to space through word.
Find the fridge situated at double gate in Sticky forest and see what words you can bring together. Many thanks to Bike Wānaka for all their support.
Venue: Sticky Forest
Address: 44°40'08.1"S 169°08'28.4"E
Location of Art: Walk or bike into Sticky forest and find the fridge situated at double gate.
Accessibility:
24/7
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Restrooms: No
Parking: Free parking at Sticky Forest Carpark
Venue Website: https://bikewanaka.org.nz/advocacy/#stickyforest
About the Artist:
Brigid Allan is a multidisciplinary visual artist with over 25 years of experience, whose creative practice explores the relationship between people, place and lived experience.
Currently completing her Master’s in Visual Art at the Dunedin School of Art, Brigid uses drawing, photography, painting and other forms of creative research to respond to the spaces around her.
See more of the artist’s work:
• Visit Brigid’s website: https://brigidallan.com/
• Follow Brigid on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bids.allan/
• Follow The Sticky Fridge Poet on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stickyfridgepoet/
The Creative Spaces Project is running throughout the month of November across the Queenstown Lakes region and can be explored via an interactive online map featuring participating artists, venues and installations.
Find out more and plan your creative trail at www.threelakesculturaltrust.co.nz/creative-spaces-project
The project was created by Three Lakes Cultural Trust in partnership with the Queenstown Lakes District Council with support from Central Lakes Trust.
